Paneled member for sheet-metal structures.



No.7l6,l54. V V I Patefited-Dec. l6, I902. T P. mtwzes. I

PANELED MEMBER'FUB SHEET METAL STRUCTURES.

. (Application filed June 12,1902.)

(No Model.)

l 25 of the same.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC PETER M. WVEGE, OF NILES, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE GENERAL FIREPROOF- ING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

PANELED MEMBERFOR SHEET-METAL STRUCTURES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 716,154, dated December 16, 1902.

. Application filedJnne 12,1902. Serial No. 111,295. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER M. WEGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Niles, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful 5 Improvements in Paneled Members for Sheet- Metal Structures, of which the followingis a specification accompanied by drawings.

My invention relates to sheet-metal structures, but more particularly to paneled memro bersfor such structures; and the objects of my invention are to improve upon sheet-metal V paneled members heretofore devised and to simplify their construction, provide for the ready replacing of broken parts, and produce asimple and ornate structure of great strength and durability.

Further objects of my invention will hereinafter appear; and to these ends my invention consists in the means for carrying out the above objects, as hereinafter fully described,and shown in the accompanying speci fication and drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved paneled structure. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a transverse sectional View on line 4 4 of Fig. 1, and Fig. '5 is a transverse sectional view of a modification.

My improved paneled member for sheetmetal structures comprises, essentially, a frame A and a separate panel B, with means provided for joining the edges of the panel to the frame, whereby strength and durability 3 5 are obtained and the parts of differentpaneled membersbecomeinterchangeable. Themeans I prefer'for joining the edges of the panel to the frame consist of interlocking portions on the panel and frame so constructed and ar- 40 ranged that the simplicity of the parts is one of the features and the cost of materials and manufacture is greatly reduced.

Referring more particularly to theidrawings, the sheet-metal frame A of the paneled 5 member may be constructed in any suitable manner; but, as shown, the sides and ends are mitered and joined together in this instance by brazing reinforcing-pieces O to the frame, as shown in Fig. 2. The outer edges D of the frame are preferably bent at an angle to form flanges-in this instance being bent back- Wardly--whereby the completed member may be readily assembled in a metal structure. The central portion of the frame A receives the panel B,which substantially fits theframe, and the inner edges of the frame are bent in such manner as to interlock with the bent edges of the panel, as illustrated in the sectional views and to be described, so that the use of bolts and rivets or any of the usual fastening means is dispensed with, a blow of the hammer or other tool serving to effectually clamp the parts together.

The panel B may be constructed in any suitable manner, and in one form consists of a sheet of metal the sides and ends of which are provided with mitered moldings F, having bent edges interlocking with the inner bent edges of the frame. The moldings F at the sides of the sheet E are formed integral 7o therewith and mitered to receive the end moldings F, which are shown provided with tongues G for securing them to the sheet E, as by brazing. The mitered corners of the frame and of the panel are preferably brazed to form tight joints. The preferable con- .struction is, however, to make the panel B from one sheet of metal, pressed into shape in suitable dies, the edges of the sheet being bent to interlock with the inner bent edges of the frame.

The inner edges of the frame and the edges of the panel may be bent in any desired manner to form the interlocking portions for securing the parts together, and in the drawings I have shown two different forms, both of which are suitable for my purpose. In Figs. 3 and 4 the inner edges of the frame are bent in two directions in the form of books by bending the edges inwardly, as at H, and then providing outwardly-bent portions, as at J, thereby forming channels on the frame, to which the bent portions K of the panel are adapted, whereby the panel is secured to the frame. The outwardly-bent 5 portions J of the frame are preferably shorter than the inner sides of the frame for mechanical reasons and in orderto facilitate slipping the panel and frame into and out of engagement.

In Fig. 5 a variation of the construction of interlocking edges is shown, in which the doubly-bent hook-shaped portions are provided on the edges of the panel instead of on the frame, while the edges of the frame are bent, as at P, to interlock with the bent portions of the panel.

It will be observed that in either form illustrated the frame D is open at the back and that when the parts are assembled the interocking edge portions of the panel and frame are within the front and rear planes of the member, or, in other words, they do not project beyond the frame either at the front or rear, and that they are invisible when looking at the front of the structure.

Obviously some of the features of my invention may be used without other features and may be embodied in different forms. For these reasons and without enumerating equivalents nor limiting myself to the construction shown and described,

I claim, and desire to obtain by Letters Patent, the following:

1. .A paneled member for sheet-metal structures comprising a mitered frame open at its back and. having inwardly-bent edges, and a panelsubstantially fitting the frame, and provided with bent edges interlocking with the inner edges of said frame, and said interlocked edges being within the front and rear planes of the member, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A paneled member for sheet-metal structures comprising a frame having edges bent into the form of hooks, and a panel having bent edges engaging said hooks, whereby the panel is secured to the frame and said engaging hook portions being invisible from the front face of the member, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. A paneled member for sheet-metal structures comprising a frame having inwardlybent edges provided with outwardly-bent portions, forming channels in the frame, and a panel provided with bent edges adapted to said channels, whereby the panel is secured to the frame, and said channels and bent edges being within the front and rear planes of the member and invisible from the front of said member, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

Signed this 26th day of May,

Ohio.

PETER M. WEGE.

1902, at Niles,

Witnesses:

JEAN KILPATRIO, ROBERT WEIss. 

